Title Block Poll - Response

Based on my poll, my third design seems to be the most appropriate and liked by my audience. I will choose this title block because of this, but also because it matches my genre and target audience more than the other two designs. This is because my target audience for my magazine is specifically males and the title block I am going to choose appears much more masculine than the other two options mainly because of the boldness and the fact that is embossed. This gives the illusion that the text is metal which is associated with being hard and bold which could be linked to how males are perceived by some. My genre for my music magazine is rap/hip-hop; this title block relates to this specific genre because the genre is often represented as being hyper-masculine. My title block does this through the black, bold and embossed font used.